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In response to "so. hanover, germany may be spelt with one "n" if in english, two if in german; but two is becoming more popular in english. that's.. messy." by b.

English-German spelling is troublesome. We are now supposed to spell "Neandertal" without the H, for instance.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jul 13 '10, 18:45

at least in academia. it's a free for all otherwise.

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that just reminds me of the orthopedic vs. orthopaedic kind of thing. "look at me!" -- nm - b. Jul 13, 18:49 4
- well, that's just British silliness. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 18:52 3
  - And I say we abandoned the ash too quickly. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 18:59 1
    - (We should also have thorn) -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 19:00
  - it's medical spelling vs. general descrip. of the specialty. -- nm - b. Jul 13, 18:54

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